{"id":5426,"date":"2017-08-20T04:42:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T04:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=5426"},"modified":"2018-02-01T06:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T06:13:09","slug":"title-42-%c2%a71983-civil-action-for-deprivation-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=5426","title":{"rendered":"42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. Code Title 42<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nChapter 21<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nSubchapter I<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a71983. Civil action for deprivation of rights<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Every person who, under<\/span> color<\/a> of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws,\u00a0 shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for<\/span> redress<\/a>, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief<\/a> shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.\u00a0 For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia. <\/span><\/span><\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: U.S. Government Publishing Office, “Title 42 – THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, CHAPTER 21 – CIVIL RIGHTS, SUBCHAPTER I – GENERALLY, Sec. 1983 – Civil action for deprivation of rights: \u00a0www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/USCODE-2010-title42\/html\/USCODE-2010-title42-chap21-subchapI-sec1983.htm<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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